China’s dystopia stems from its culture of crude utilitarianism and materialism.
Author: Auguste Meyrat (Auguste Meyrat)
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We Need to Save Gen Z From Obscurity
The problems older generations see in Gen Z are largely the result of the poor decisions they made as parents and leaders.
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Mature Multiculturalism
Americans are beginning to see that the U.S. has absorbed too many people from countries too different from our own—and that it’s no longer taboo to talk about it.
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Netflix Acquisition Won’t Destroy the Film Industry
Critics panicked over a potential leftist media monopoly need to Netflix and chill.
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Yes, Hollywood Has Been Feminized, And It’s Ruining Everything
How long will it take for Hollywood to realize what it takes to make money again?
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Celebrating Halloween
The extremes driving the ongoing debate about how and whether to celebrate Halloween are not rooted in the true purpose of the holiday.
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Welcome to the Poastocracy
Increasingly, public opinion and political action are no longer shaped by the old institutions but are influenced by citizens talking directly to each other through new forms of media.
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The Internet and the Left Killed Charlie Kirk
The internet’s addiction machine—the toxic brew of porn and left-wing political extremism—is capturing a generation of young men and making many of them violent.
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Lost in the Literature of Darkness
A promising new book by Andrew Klavan fails to deliver on its promises but lands some interesting insights in its distracting diversions.
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The Decline of ‘Suits’ and the End of the Non-Woke Bingeable Television
The trajectory of the once delightful USA Network series makes it a perfect test case for examining what woke did to entertainment.
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Everything You Don’t Care to Know About ‘Your Friends and Neighbors’
From promising beginnings, AppleTV+ delivers a disappointing series that proves the whole can be much less than the sum of its parts.
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How Leftist Sophistry Hurts the Environment
The dishonesty and ideological blinders of the left have polluted the discussion about our real environmental problems.
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The Goal of School is Learning, Not Time Spent
Remote work shows us why American schools need to abandon the antiquated notion that time spent equals learning accomplished.
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Beware the Centrist
The departure of Pamela Paul from the pages of The New York Times is an occasion to reflect on the destructiveness of so-called centrist commentary.
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Texas’s Growing Pains
Frustrated residents of blue states flocking to Texas are bringing many of the problems they’re trying to escape with them.
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The Crime of Noticing
Compared to most writers, both now and in the past, Steve Sailer speaks to the moment and has a firm grasp on what is happening around the world.
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How Trump Can Save the American Economy
If Americans can hold fast through temporary hardship, there is promise for a more prosperous future.
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Elon Musk Fights the Leviathan With Free Speech and Spaceships
Musk could have taken the easy road and gone along with the progressive agenda. Instead, he’s using his wealth and power to push back against the government.
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Ignoring the Red Flags of School Shooters
Troubled kids need adults to have the courage to intervene.
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The Dating Crisis Is Really a Maturity Crisis
Excessive insecurity and widespread aversion to commitment are driving our country’s toxic dating culture off a cliff.
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How to Respond to Tradwife Envy
It won’t do to obsess with condemning the unreality of celebrity tradwives living the dream. Their popularity points to something fundamental about the human condition and it deserves a serious answer.
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Now is No Time to Boycott the Olympic Games
It would be a huge mistake to make the games yet another casualty of the culture war. It will make little difference, and only deprive us of something unspeakably beautiful.
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Left-wing Normies Have Been Radicalized
It’s time for normal people on the left to take stock of the people and ideas they are supporting. The vicious tribalism they support is leading to contempt for and violence against their fellow citizens.
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Our Immigration Debate Needs to Get With the Times
The debate over illegal immigration has become more about entertaining people than solving problems, as both the right and the left tee up tired, old arguments that miss the point.
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Is Rob Henderson ‘Troubled’ or Blessed?
Rob Henderson’s memoir “Troubled” demonstrates why it’s not enough for a writer to dwell on the problems that afflict a person and his community. Henderson should now turn his focus to what makes him, and his circle, blessed.
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Conservatives for the Working Class
In "Tyranny Inc.," Sohrab Ahmari calls out the hypocrisy of today’s American economy, which enriches unaccountable oligarchs, exploits workers, and undermines democracy.